WOLF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WOLF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOLF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOLF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOLF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wolfsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOLF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOLF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about WOLF
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WOLF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wild carnivore related to the dog.
Wolf takes a plural that changes the consonant, in the way leaf and half do. Crying wolf comes from a fable that is two and a half thousand years old and has not needed changing.
How WOLF is used
Countable; the plural changes the final consonant.
- A wolf hunts in a family group and not a random pack.
- The word wolf changes its consonant in the plural.
- Crying wolf comes from a very old fable.
- He wolfed the whole plate in about a minute.
- A lone wolf is a real animal and usually a young one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOLF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WOLF
The 4 tiles of WOLF in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WOLF
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with WOLF.
Words ending in WOLF
6 words end in WOLF. Useful as a back hook: play WOLF onto a word already on the board.
Words with WOLF inside
8 words contain WOLF in the middle. Words that start with WOLF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOLF
Common questions about WOLF
- Is WOLF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOLF, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOLF worth?
- WOLF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOLF mean?
- A wild carnivore related to the dog.
- What letters can be added to WOLF?
- WOLF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOLF:
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